Metal work advice

[Navek]

I'm going to make a cooking tripod at work out of 10mm steel bar I have a lad at work who will bend me the eyes on them but how will I blacken them . Will I have to heat them up and quench them in cooking oil to season them

 

[Wild wandering woodsman]

Quenching in oil will turn them black


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[santaman2000]

That'll do it.

 

[cbrdave]

If ya heat them to cherry red then quench them they will last longer too

 

[Navek]

Is it best to use food safe oil or could I use any oil ?

 

[santaman2000]

Use an oil that won't combust at that temp. Unless you're going to cook directly on the metal it doesn't need to be food safe.

 

[Everything Mac]

Ummm this is all absolute nonsense...

Quenching mild steel in oil would have no effect on it's long term use. None. You would also have a sticky residue and would wipe off the majority of the oil trying to get it clean.

I'd just warm it up slightly with a blow torch and wipe down with boiled linseed oil on a rag. Allow this to dry and you're sorted.

If you specifically want them to be black then paint them with stove paint.


Andy

 

[mrcharly]

Can I be the first to suggest Zeebrite?

 

[Navek]

Well I have done it now and decided to have it painted with high heat stove paint